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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being read more

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

by Jane Austen Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

by Jane Austen Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

by Jane Austen Found in: Stupidity Quotes,
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want read more

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

by Jane Austen Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving read more

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

by Jane Austen Found in: Friends Quotes,
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